Swamp Eel update

[SharptoothBass]

another one of my favorite monster's.

 

[john_lord_b3]

Cute Monopterus you have there! This is mine:

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Cute stuff.

I lost all 5 of mine over 2 year period. Don't know why.

 

[john_lord_b3]

Cute stuff.

I lost all 5 of mine over 2 year period. Don't know why.

Sorry to hear. Monopterus are usually very hardy. But yes, as they get older, they do get stressed easily & when they got stressed, they are more prone to diseases, hunger strikes and "freedom syndrome" (wanting to escape the aquarium all the times).

I bought mine almost 3 years ago. When it was newly bought, mine was very active and ate like a pig; live food or frozen food are fair game for it. But after a year, and it became a bit bigger and longer, it started to show signs of stress, it doesn't eat as much as before, it doesn't swim around as actively as before, and I found it climbing the filter very often, as if wanting to escape the aquarium (luckily I have taken precautions). From an active, aggressive predator, it has become a fat old fish whose daily activity consists of hanging upside down from my filter and stick its head to the sand. I am planning to rehouse it in a pond sometime later, or to donate it to a friend who has a larger aquarium.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Sorry to hear. Monopterus are usually very hardy. But yes, as they get older, they do get stressed easily & when they got stressed, they are more prone to diseases, hunger strikes and "freedom syndrome" (wanting to escape the aquarium all the times).

I bought mine almost 3 years ago. When it was newly bought, mine was very active and ate like a pig; live food or frozen food are fair game for it. But after a year, and it became a bit bigger and longer, it started to show signs of stress, it doesn't eat as much as before, it doesn't swim around as actively as before, and I found it climbing the filter very often, as if wanting to escape the aquarium (luckily I have taken precautions). From an active, aggressive predator, it has become a fat old fish whose daily activity consists of hanging upside down from my filter and stick its head to the sand. I am planning to rehouse it in a pond sometime later, or to donate it to a friend who has a larger aquarium.

I greatly appreciate this description. Thank you.

Here is my sad story: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/indian-swamp-eel-2-1-for-5.678805/#post-7631074

Hope your eels, guys, will endure and thrive.

 

[john_lord_b3]

Thank you dear friend, I hope you will have better luck next time with your future fishes.